What was the name of the Allied order directing Japanese forces where to surrender in 1945?

General Order No. 1 directed Japanese forces where to surrender in 1945.

The order instructed Japanese military units to surrender to designated Allied commanders, disclose their deployments, and preserve equipment for disarmament. General Douglas MacArthur issued it after Japan accepted the Allied surrender terms.

President Harry Truman approved the order on August 17, 1945. It was then issued through Japanese Imperial General Headquarters on September 2, the day of the formal ceremony aboard USS Missouri.

The order also divided surrender responsibilities across Asia and the Pacific. Japanese forces north of the 38th Parallel in Korea surrendered to Soviet commanders, while forces south of that line surrendered to U.S. commanders. This wartime administrative boundary later became the basis for the division between North and South Korea, although the order itself was concerned with surrender arrangements rather than creating two permanent states.